416 Beautiful Plants growing wild 



They vary in length, from one foot to five or six, accordingr 

 to the depth of the water." — Common in muddy-bottomed 

 rivers, ponds, and ditches. — Very abundant, large, and fine, 

 at Church's Pond, at a small distance from Mount Auburn. 

 —July. 



ffiNOTHERA. 



(Enothera biennis Tree Primrose, improperly called Scale- 

 ish. Of this plant (though a sort of pet of mine), I shall say 

 nothing; being aware that its charms, like those of many 

 other objects, are too familiar to elicit any great warmth of 

 general admiration. 



Q^nothem pumila Dwarf Tree Primrose. Stem smooth, 

 rising from the ground obliquely, to the height of about one 

 foot. Leaves stemless, lance-formed, blunt pointed, and 

 quite entire or free from indentures on the edges. Calyx 

 with a very long tube, and its four sepals or leaves bent down 

 archwise. Flowers yellow, four petaled, stemless, and grow- 

 ing in a leafy spike. Petals heart-shaped. Seed vessel eight 

 angled, somewhat oval, with the upper part larger than the 

 lower. — Pastures. — June. 



Orchis. 

 Plants of this genus have a corolla five petaled, the upper 

 petal being arched or vaulted ; also, an additional, dilated 

 petal (called the lip of the flower), with a spur or nectary 

 growing from its base. Those who have seen one of the 

 species, have a general idea of them all. The leaves and 

 stems have a considerable likeness to those of Veratrum 

 viride, Indian Poke. 



Orchis hlephari glottis Fringed white Orchis. This very 

 delicate species is distinguished by its snowy white flowers. 

 Its height is about two feet. Leaves oblong, sheathing. 

 Lip lance-formed, fringed or finely divided at the edge, and 

 as long as the upper petal. The horn or spur is much longer 

 than the germen or seed vessel. Flowers pure white, on a 

 spike rather short for the species. — Rare. — Swamps, and 

 meadows. — Cambridge, Newton. — July. 



Orchis Jimbridta Fimbriated pur{)le Orchis. A very beau- 

 tiful plant. Stem two feet high, with several broad-lanceo- 

 late, smooth leaves, and ending in a large spike of bright 

 purple flowers. The germ is bent inward, and swelled in 

 the middle. Petals five, spreading, the two inner ones 

 fringed (or finely cut). The lip of the nectary is rather 

 longer than the petals, and is divided into three wedge- 

 formed segments or parts, spreading like a three-parted fan, 

 the segments being flat, fringed, nearly equal, and not con- 

 verging towards each other. The upper petal is whole and 

 even on the edge; and the spur, which appears like a club- 



